NAN PINKARD & AURELIA BOLTON CURATORIAL INTERNSHIP
Summer 2025
Homewood Museum

PROJECT
This internship will include a $1,500 stipend to be paid for approximately 100 hours of work over the course of 8 weeks during Summer 2025 at Homewood Museum (15.00/hr). The selected candidate will work with the Curator of Collections to arrange a schedule that works best to complete these hours.

The Summer 2025 Pinkard-Bolton intern will work closely with JHU Museums’ Curator of Collections to conduct original research on a topic of their choosing related to Homewood Museum. At the end of their internship, the student will give a presentation on their research in the form of an academic paper.

Relevant research topics might include: biographical or general historical research relating to the enslaved families at Homewood Museum, object-based research centered around an object in the Homewood Museum collection, and political, social, or economic topics related to early-19th century Baltimore life. Over the course of the summer, the student will work on these topics as well as be presented with opportunities to gain a better understanding of various career paths available in the museum field.

ELIGIBILITY
All candidates must be enrolled as undergraduate students at Johns Hopkins University and should have some relevant coursework in at least one of the following: American art, American architecture, American history, anthropology, material culture, education, or the Museums & Society Program. Information on Homewood Museum may be found online at
http://museums.jhu.edu. Information on Homewood Museum’s objects may be found in the Johns Hopkins University Art and Material Culture Collection website at https://jhu.catalogaccess.com/home.

TO APPLY
Applicants should submit a resume or curriculum vitae, a reference letter from a professor or previous supervisor, as well as a letter of interest describing interests, proposed research topic, and relevant experience on Smile by Friday, March 22, 2025. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

QUESTIONS
Interested Johns Hopkins undergraduate students are welcome to contact Michelle Fitzgerald at [email protected].